Dozens of mainstream media outlets have rewarded Steyer with positive news coverage and ample airtime to promote his ‘Impeach Trump’ campaign. Meanwhile, he’s building an extensive email list and fundraising database as he ramps up a potential political career (though he claims he isn’t planning to run for office). “For just $20 million, Steyer has collected nearly four million email addresses, simply by promising that the act of giving him your email address will, in some fashion, help make the impeachment of Donald Trump more likely, which is not true,”Splinter Newsreported.

So who is Steyer? According to this CNBCstory, he is currently worth $1.6 billion, “graduated from Yale with his a bachelor’s degree in 1979 and Stanford School of Business in 1983, according to his LinkedIn page. He launched the asset management firm, Farallon Capital Management, in 1986 and grew the company for the following 26 years.” The story was titled, “Meet the billionaire businessman obsessed with impeaching Trump.”

There is no sign or evidence that impeaching Trump is viable and political figures and fundraisers should not be promising it to voters. The case that impeaching Trump is a panacea for the nation’s problems is a Resistance fantasy that distracts from concrete policy issues and ignores that Vice President Mike Pence would likely be more effective in pushing and enacting far-right policies.

Steyer is portraying himself as a savior to get rid of Trump. It’s speculative as to whether he has ulterior motives for his campaign, or sincerely believes it will work, but he certainly has too much money and spending wads of it to promote impeachment does little to nothing in real terms when it comes to building a real opposition to Trump or helping Democrats come up with a popular political program.

And don't forget the fake ass Scott Dworkin. Here's Ken Silverstein (WASHINGTON BABYLON):Last week, we published a story by Amy Sterling Casil showing how Democratic Coalition Against Trump Super PAC leader Scott Dworkin was cashing in on Russiagate. Dworkin, a #Resistance heartthrob who claims to have “helped uncover” Russiagate, raised $229,000 for the Super PAC in 2017, of which 80 percent went to his for-profit consulting firm, Bulldog Finance Group, and to four political operators he works with.Dworkin has apparently used very little of the money for his stated goal of impeaching Trump. A billboard slamming California congressman Devin Nunes is the only identifiable non-salary or overhead expenditure directly related to “opposing Trump” on the Super PAC’s mid-year 2017 report. Total cost to Dworkin’s organization: $1,917, less than 1 percent of its revenue.

It's all a con job.

We need a real left.

A left would be embraced by the country right now.

Instead of a real left calling for an end to wars and Medicare for all, we've got a bunch of fake asses.

stood in front of tv sobbing at your dignity and composure after the shithole story broke. Rachel saved me back in the days of 2003 air America bush invasion of Iraq and you Dear Joy saved me tonite from absolute despair. If you can face it, I can face it.

The melodramatic Tweet is susicous all on its own. And that's before
you get to Joy's rush to respond to it. Does anyone really stand in
front of the TV with tears of gratitude streaming down their face as Joy
speaks? Anyone outside of a psych ward?

It feels like a lie, doesn't it?

And the claim about Rachel saving in 2003 as the Iraq War broke out?

Also a lie.

A big lie.

First off, Air America Radio wasn't on the air then. It wouldn't be until 2004.

Secondly, Rachel wasn't against the Iraq War.

Not before it started.

And not after.

She refused to bring on veterans against the war. She had the attitude
-- same as Al Franken -- that the Iraq War had started so it didn't
matter anymore -- calls to end it didn't matter at all.

That is who Rachel Maddow is.

Maybe when Joy was Tweeting under her split personality, she hadn't had all of that day's meds?

Who knows.

But the Tweet's a lie from a liar -- and that's true whether Joy Tweeted it herself or not.

Other questionable exchanges?

Wednesday's US State Dept press gaggle moderated by Steven Goldstein:

QUESTION: Laurie Mylroie, Kurdistan 24. UNDER SECRETARY GOLDSTEIN: Hi, Laurie. QUESTION: Hi. Reuters – on Iraq. UNDER SECRETARY GOLDSTEIN: Yes, ma’am. QUESTION:
Reuters reported that IDPs from Anbar Province are being forced to
return home, although conditions aren’t safe, there are still IEDs
around, and that’s being done to hold the Iraqi elections on schedule in
May. So two parts to this question. What’s your response to the forced
return of IDPs, and what about the elections, that maybe the law can be
changed so that people can vote if they’re IDPs -- UNDER SECRETARY GOLDSTEIN: Right. QUESTION: -- even without going home, or should the elections be postponed? UNDER SECRETARY GOLDSTEIN: So we are clearly concerned by press
reports of forced returns. The United States is committed to the safe
and voluntary return of all displaced people. And we defer to the
Government of Iraq regarding the dates for their elections.

Elections are scheduled in May.

Way for the US government to stand up for voting rights.

If, as has taken place in previous elections in Iraq, polling centers
can be created for Iraqis not in Iraq, then polling centers could be
created for the displaced within Iraq.

Apparently, that requires more thought and effort than the US government is in possession of.

On the topic of the upcoming elections, ASHARQ AL-AWSAT reports on the negotiations by the various blocks:Sunni blocs decided on an alliance of former prime minister and
leader of the National Coalition, Iyad Allawi, with Parliament Speaker
Salim al-Jubouri, and former deputy prime minister Saleh al-Mutlaq.
However, the majority of Shiite forces, whether represented by State of
Law Coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki, or the list representing Popular
Mobilization Forces, have not decided even few hours before the
deadline.

MP representing State of Law Coalition Rehab Abouda
explained that delayed Shiite-Shiite coalition is attributed to the
issue of "number one". She told Asharq al-Awsat that the choice of the
first candidate at the top of the list seems to be the main obstacle
since it will decide who will head the government after the next
election.

Commander of the Badr Organization, Karim Nouri,
criticized Shiite leaders and told Asharq al-Awsat that "the striking
paradox is that political forces supporting holding the elections on
time" stalled and did not agree on a name, as he wondered about the
forces that demanded a postponement, in reference to Sunni forces.

However, MP Iyad al-Jubouri, member of Allawi-Jubouri-Mutlaq coalition,
told Asharq al-Awsat that the disagreement over naming the "main man"
was "not the first priority" in the negotiations for forming an
alliance."The coalition, which includes many Sunni parties and forces with
Iyad Allawi had decided," said Jubouri, adding that the coalition was
not limited by a certain sect, just like in 2010 elections when the
Iraqi List won majority of votes, but was denied the opportunity to form
a government, even though it was headed by Shiite candidate.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said he believes his son's military service may have caused his brain cancer.Speaking on PBS' News Hour, Biden said toxins found in smoke
from burning waste at U.S. military installations in war zones over
seas could've contributed to his son's death.

In both Afghanistan and Iraq, open air burn pits were
widely used at forward operating bases. Disposing of trash and other
debris was a major challenge. Commanders had to find a way to dispose
of waste while concentrating on the important mission at hand. The
solution that was chosen, however, had serious risks. Pits of waste
were set on fire -- sometimes using jet fuel for ignition. Some burn
pits were small but others covered multiple acres of land. Often times,
these burn pits would turn the sky black. At Joint Base Balad Iraq,
over 10 acres of land were used for burning toxic debris. At the
height of its operations, Balad hosted approximately 25,000 military,
civilian and coalition provision authority personnel. These
personnel would be exposed to a toxic soup of chemicals released into
the atmosphere. According to air quality measurements, the air at
Balad had multiple particulates harmful to humans: Plastics and
Styrofoams, metals, chemicals from paints and solvents, petroleum and
lubricants, jet fuel and unexploded ordnance, medical and other
dangerous wastes. The air samples at Joint Base Balad turned up some
nasty stuff. Particulate matter, chemicals that form from the
incomplete burning of coal, oil and gas garbage or other organic
substances, volatile organic compounds such as acetone and benzene --
benzene, as you all know, is known to cause leukemia -- and dioxins
which are associated with Agent Orange. According to the American Lung
Association, emissions from burning waste contain fine particulate
matter, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and
various irritant gases such as nitrogen oxides that can scar the
lungs. All of this was in the air and being inhaled into the lungs of
service members.

And October 21, 2009, then-Senator Evan Bayh appeared before the US
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee explaining the bill for a registry he
was sponsoring, advocating for it.

I am here today to testify about a tragedy that took place in 2003
on the outskirts of Basra in Iraq. I am here on behalf of Lt Col James
Gentry and the brave men and women who served under his command in the
First Battalion, 152nd Infantry of the Indiana National Guard. I spoke
with Lt Col Gentry by phone just this last week. Unfortunately, he is
at home with his wife, Luanne, waging a vliant fight against terminal
cancer. The Lt Col was a healthy man when he left for Iraq. Today, he
is fighting for his life. Tragically, many of his men are facing their
own bleak prognosis as a result of their exposure to sodium dichromate,
one of the most lethal carcinogens in existence. The chemical is used
as an anti-corrosive for pipes. It was strewn all over the water
treatment facility guarded by the 152nd Infantry. More than 600
soldiers from Indiana, Oregon, West Virginia and South Carolina were
exposed. One Indiana Guardsman has already died from lung disease and
the Army has classified it as a service-related death. Dozens of the
others have come forward with a range of serious-respiratory symptoms.
[. . .] Mr. Chairman, today I would like to tell this Committee about
S1779. It is legislation that I have written to ensure that we provide
full and timely medical care to soldiers exposed to hazardous chemicals
during wartime military service like those on the outskirts of Basra.
The Health Care for Veterans Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009 is
bipartisan legislation that has already been co-sponsored by Senators
Lugar, Dorgan, Rockefeller, Byrd, Wyden and Merkley. With a CBO score
of just $10 million, it is a bill with a modest cost but a critical
objective: To enusre that we do right by America's soldiers exposed to
toxic chemicals while defending our country. This bill is modeled after
similar legislation that Congress approved in 1978 following the Agent
Orange exposure in the Vietnam conflict.

As far back as 2008, the US Defense Dept knew about the threats posed by
exposure to burnpits as demonstrated by a 2008 assessment. But no
precautions were taken. And the baby steps taken by the US Congress in
the years since have required major pushing and prodding by veterans and
their advocates.

As last year drew to a close, BURN PITS 360 issued the following:

5 Reasons the VA Doctors' Guide to Burn Pits is Totally Inadequate

In
March 2016 – a full seven years after burn pits were discontinued in
Iraq and Afghanistan - the Department of Veterans Affairs published a
guide for VA doctors meant to inform them of the potential health
effects of exposure to burn pits. But the “Clinician’s Guide to Airborne
Hazards” conveniently leaves the phrase “burn pits” out of the title
and fails to give doctors the information that might actually help them
evaluate patients with burn pit-related illnesses.

Want to see for yourself? Check out the VA’s “Clinician’s Guide to Airborne Hazards” here.
There are at least five reasons this four-page “Clinician’s Guide to
Airborne Hazards” packet just doesn’t cut it when it comes to the
information doctors really need to help veterans exposed to burn pits.

The Clinician’s Guide does not say what a burn pit is.

That’s right.
The guide to airborne hazards and open burn pits does not even describe
what burn pits looked like, how large they were, or the wide variety of
items burned in the pits. The VA’s only ‘explanation’ of the burn pits
is as follows:

The
use of burn pits was a common waste disposal practice at military sites
overseas, exposing thousands of service members to potentially harmful
substances, including elevated levels of particulate matter (PM).

Without
an idea of the sheer size of burn pits and the way they were tended,
doctors would not be able to appreciate the extent of Iraq and
Afghanistan veterans’ exposure. Ten pounds of trash burnt in an open
barrel produces as much smoke
pollution as a modern incinerator burning 400,000 pounds of trash per
day. So the amount of smoke produced by a football field-sized open pit
burning several hundred tons of unregulated waste per day certainly
warrants at least a sentence in a guide meant to help doctors evaluate
the significance of potentially toxic exposure.

Additionally,
the guide does not mention any of the items burned in the pits. Listing
(or simply mentioning) these items – which include plastics, metals,
ion batteries, human feces, and much more – would give doctors
information about the types of chemicals to which veterans may have been
exposed. This brings us to our next point…

Besides particulate matter (PM), the Guide does not list any chemicals or toxins detected in burn pit smoke.

The
Department of Defense (DoD) measured levels of particulate matter (PM)
that exceeded limits set by U.S. agencies. The VA Clinician’s Guide
acknowledges this and briefly notes that toxicology research has already
linked high PM levels to cardiopulmonary effects.However, the VA neglects to mention any of the hundreds of chemicals detected in burn pit smoke.
The chemicals – many of them known carcinogens – include dioxins, the
same potent toxin found in Agent Orange. These chemicals are
scientifically known to be hazardous on their own, but likely have even
greater, “synergistic” effects when burned together.

The Guide does not include important aspects of particulate matter (PM) and its toxicity.

Even
on the subject of particulate matter, the Guide provides little helpful
information. The size of the PM - which is not included - is important
information for doctors because the smaller the PM, the deeper the
particles are able to travel into the lungs.

Additionally,
the particles act as carriers of harmful chemicals in the air, so the
toxicity depends on the composition of the particulate matter itself.
Without information about the chemicals carried by the PM, doctors’
ability to gauge the severity of the exposure is diminished.

The
Clinician’s Guide does not provide any specific information about the
rare conditions (such as constrictive bronchiolitis) that are occurring
at higher rates in veterans exposed to burn pits.

Illnesses
such as constrictive bronchiolitis and eosinophilic pneumonia are
mentioned only as examples of the self-reported “unexpected conditions.”
Though the Guide devotes a whole page to conducting an initial
evaluation and deciding if a specialty consultation is warranted,
neither section mentions these conditions by name.

This
is a dangerous omission given that constrictive bronchiolitis can be
fatal and often goes undetected until it has progressed too far.
Constrictive bronchiolitis can only be diagnosed with a lung biopsy.
So the spirometry and bronchodilator tests, which the Guide recommends
to assess pulmonary function, may not indicate a problem when there is a
very serious one.

Directions
on how doctors can view a veteran’s Burn Pit Registry self-assessment
and how to document an evaluation using the Registry are buried in an
unrelated section of the Guide.

The
Clinician’s Guide spends almost the entire first page talking about the
purpose of the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry and how
medical support staff will explain it to veterans. Intuitively, it
doesn’t make much sense for this information about the Registry and the
role of Medical Support Assistants and Environmental Health Coordinators
to take up such a large and prominent space in the packet. Especially
while the two-paragraph section about research on the health effects of
burn pit exposures is the very last section and takes up about a third
of the page.

But
most perplexing is the fact that the Registry information actually
relevant to clinicians is hidden on the last page (which otherwise does
not discuss the Registry). At the bottom of an unrelated box called
“Talking to Veterans about Exposure Concerns,” there is a small note.

The
note tells doctors how to access a veteran’s self-assessment from the
Burn Pit Registry. Such information can be used by doctors to get a
more complete understanding of a veteran’s proximity to the burn pit,
their health concerns during deployment, and other important information
that might not be covered in-person.

The note also tells doctors how to document a
burn pit-related medical evaluation. This information is critical
because burn pit exposure is such a new phenomenon. If VA doctors do
not track the symptoms and illnesses their patients are experiencing,
there is no way to see if trends are emerging or if certain treatments
are more effective than others.

The
Guide instructs clinicians to “rely on their own evidence based
knowledge, expertise, and skills.” But without the facts – the size and
scope of burn pits, the items burned, the chemicals released, how to
diagnose the related illnesses – doctors are simply unable to apply even
the most basic knowledge or skills to the issues their patients are
experiencing. Given the very serious medical conditions at play and the
need for more detailed information about the effects of exposure, the
VA’s Clinician’s Guide to Airborne Hazards is, frankly, irresponsible.

This
article was written by Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick. CCK is on
the cutting edge of burn pit and other toxic chemical exposure issues
that veterans face. CCK has extensive experience helping veterans win
their VA disability compensation claim appeals. Contact CCK for help if
your VA disability compensation claim has been denied. Visit CCK onlineor by phone at 844-291-8569 for more information.

Burn Pits 360 News

Research: The
Burn Pits 360 Registry is a research study collecting data on burn pit
exposures and related illnesses. The goal is to prove the connection
between burn pit exposure and illness. Before now, this information was
only available to the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. So
far, over 5,000 individuals have participated. Your data will enable
Burn Pits 360 to advocate and lobby on behalf of the veterans’ community
for VA benefits, policy change, and specialized health care. Join the
Burn Pits 360 Registry research study. To participate, visit us on our website.

Outreach: Burn
Pits 360 team is building a new website to better serve you. The new
site will launch in 2018. We’ve also been busy preparing for the grand
opening of our Burn Pits 360 Warrior Support Center. The grand opening
will be in early 2018. Stay tuned for more details!

Advocacy: Burn
Pits 360 recently requested a Congressional hearing on the use of burn
pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. On December 1, we received a letter
denying our request. Burn Pits 360 plans on writing an open letter to
the President of the United States regarding this issue. We will
continue to fight on behalf of veterans suffering from the invisible
toxic wounds of war. Support our cause here.

Again, baby steps by the government and each step required major cajoling.

Former US Vice President Joe Biden's remarks might help the issue
finally receive the attention it requires and the help it needs. Dan Sagalyn (PBS' NEWSHOUR) notes:

The issue appears to be personal for Biden, whose son, Beau Biden, a
former Delaware attorney general, died at age 46 in May 2015 from
glioblastoma multiforme, the most common form of brain cancer. As a major in the Delaware Army National Guard, Beau Biden’s judge
advocate general unit was activated in late 2008. He served in Iraq for
much of 2009 at Camp Victory in Baghdad and Balad Air Force Base, 50
miles north of the Iraqi capital. Both bases used large burn pits.
Earlier, he helped train local prosecutors and judges in Kosovo after the 1998-1999 war.In what appear to be the two-term vice president’s first public
comments about the possibility that his late son Beau Biden’s brain
cancer was caused by burn-pit smoke, Biden acknowledged he was unaware
of “any direct scientific evidence” of a linkage. But Biden, who was tapped by former President Barack Obama in early 2016 to lead the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative,
noted in the­­ PBS NewsHour interview that “a lot higher incidence of
cancer [is] coming from Iraq now and Afghanistan than in other wars” and
“a lot of work is being done” to research it.Biden also said that reading “The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of
America’s Soldiers,” a book on the topic by Joseph Hickman, which
included a chapter on his son Beau, opened his eyes to the possibility
of a link to his son’s cancer.“There’s a whole chapter on my son Beau in there, and that stunned
me. I didn’t know that,” Biden said. He added, the author “went back and
looked at Beau’s tenure as a civilian with the U.S. attorney’s office
[in Kosovo] and then his year in Iraq. And he was co-located in both
times near these burn pits.”Biden compared living and working near a military burn pit and a
factory that pollutes. “We know now you don’t want to live underneath a
smokestack where carcinogens are coming out of it,” Biden said.

The following community sites -- plus Jody Watley, THE DIANE REHM SHOW and PACIFICA EVENING NEWS -- updated:

Thursday, January 11, 2018

House votes 256-164 to expand Trump's warrantless surveillance powers for the next six years. The vote to reform warrantless searches of Americans' phone calls and e-mails failed, needing the support of 26 more. Dems could have swung it, but 55 of them voted with the Trump camp.

Javion leaves a wife, Rayven, and daughter, Mahogany, 3, his family said.

“He was not only our hero, he was the community’s hero and the
country’s hero,” said Cynthia Sullivan, Javion’s mother. “He knew the
sacrifice that could come with his decision. I take solace in that he
had a passion for service, for the military, for his country.”Cynthia Sullivan, who still lives in Indian Land in Lancaster County,
said that she “begged” her son not to enlist, but he told her that was
what he wanted to do and must do to serve his family, community, and
country.

WSPA (link is text and video) adds:Sullivan’s family says he enlisted in the army in 2015 and left for his first deployment in September.“I knew in my heart,” Cynthia Sullivan, Javion’s mother said. “I knew the end result. I just knew it.”

She said she begged and pleaded with her son to not enlist but says it didn’t take long to see that was his passion.

Don’t forget this local hero. He was the first American soldier killed fighting ISIS this year. JavionSullivan leaves behind a wife, a daughter and a legacy at Fort Mill High School. Story: bit.ly/2qNzj8A@wsoctv

hs wrestling coach at ft mill high speaks about his memories of 24-year-old spc javionsullivan. sullivan wrestled as a senior. authorities say he was stationed in texas and was died in iraq from a noncombat incident @FOX46News

US Army Specialist Javion Shavonte Sullivan of @2SigBde dies in Anbar province in a 'non-combat' incident.
He is the first announced death of a US soldier in Iraq in 2018 supporting @CJTFOIR ( Thaier Al-Sudani).

A series of 8 earthquakes hits the Iran-Iraq border area and rattles even Baghdad and parts of the Iraqi countryside: cbsn.ws/2mqfMGw

3 replies25 retweets14 likes

RT reminds,
"The region was rocked by a devastating quake last November, in which
more than 400 people were killed and around 6,700 injured." AP adds,
"Geophysicist Randy Baldwin told The Associated Press on Thursday that
such quakes should be expected in the region after the November 7.2
magnitude temblor."

Responding to the news that the Iraqi Parliament voted to establish a
multi-ethnic committee to investigate events in the city of Tuz
Khurmatu, 65 kilometres south of Kirkuk, Lynn Maalouf, Director of
Research for the Middle-East at Amnesty International said:“The establishment of this committee is a welcome step, which not
only could be a step towards securing justice for victims of violations
in Tuz Khurmatu, but also should serve as a deterrent against future
violations and abuses.“On 16 October 2017, tens of thousands of civilians were forced to
flee their homes after fierce clashes between Iraqi forces, supported by
the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), and Peshmerga forces. Hundreds of
homes and shops in Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods were looted, set on
fire, and destroyed. Within minutes, thousands of people lost their
homes, shops and everything they owned.

The Iraqi government must ensure that the investigation conducted by the committee is thorough, effective and transparent

, Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle-East at Amnesty International

“The Iraqi government must ensure that the investigation conducted by
the committee is thorough, effective and transparent, that the victims
receive full reparation, and that the findings of the committee are
released publicly. Evidence of individual criminal responsibility should
be referred to the judiciary for possible prosecution.”“Displaced families have been living in fear for months, not knowing
whether they will ever be able to go back home. Authorities must move
quickly to hold perpetrators accountable and ensure the safe return of
families to Tuz Khurmatu.”Background:Amnesty International was one of the first organizations to conduct an in-depth investigation
of the violations that occurred in Tuz Khurmatu on and soon after 16
October, when Iraqi forces supported by the Popular Mobilizations Units
(PMU) took control of the city. The UN followed up by undertaking two monitoring missions to Tuz Khurmatu on 7 and 14 December.

The biggest effects, of course, were on Iraq itself. Death counts range from the hundreds of thousands to the millions. Government
is precarious. Daesh and other forces have run rampant. Basic services
like electricity have barely worked, in an oil-rich country. However, the unparalleled scale of outrage at the invasion reflects
not just the terrible results but also the mendacity of the men who led
the invasion. Few wars in history have been so textured by lies,
misinformation and wacky racial stereotypes. Saddam Hussein, of course,
had no weapons of mass destruction, and US-UK leaders showed no
willingness to let inspectors do their job. It was obvious that UN
resolutions were a fig leaf for an invasion motivated by the oil
companies that dominated Bush’s White House. Today, the Chilcot Report is an establishment stamp on the anti-war
movement’s version of events. Yet, tragically, the leaders who took us
to war have never known justice. They earn millions from corporate
engagements, speaking fees and book sales. They are still cited as
legitimate commentators on Brexit
and Trump. Worst of all, Tony Blair has been employed as an expert on
Middle East peace, which is like hiring Donald Trump for his insights on
women’s rights. This March will be the proper 15th anniversary of the Iraq
invasion. We must make a big deal of it. There’s a danger that millions
of politicised young people are growing up without the lesson in state
power and imperialism that my generation received. It’s our duty to pass
that knowledge on. With Trump in the White House, it’s best to prepare
for the worst.

Gregg Zoroya (USA TODAY) whines
that US President Donald Trump has a "duty" to visit the troops. No,
his duty should be to withdraw every last one of them from Iraq. In
eight years as president, Barack Obama went to Iraq once. This from the
candidate who campaigned on ending the Iraq War. Remember that
promise? Remember how the illegal war continues? And that 22 US
service members have died in this war since August 2014 alone?

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